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Christian Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente

124 West Nashville Street, Pembroke, KY 42266 · Christian County · (270) 475-4227

60 certified beds, about 54 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 1992

Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
1 of 5
Health inspections
3 of 5
Staffing
1 of 5
Quality measures
1 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 185338 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on March 26, 2026, inspectors cited 2 health deficiencies (the Kentucky average is 2.9, the national average 9.2).

Of 5 health citations since January 2020, 1 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents (1 immediate jeopardy).

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.24 hours per resident per day, against 3.95 across Kentucky and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.41 of those hours.

62.5% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Kentucky average 46.4%).

CMS links it to Benjamin Landa, an affiliated group of 48 nursing homes.

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 5 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
1J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
2D
0E
2F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
March 26, 2026Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. D
    Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
    F602 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 20, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and review of facility policy, the facility failed to protect residents from misappropriation of property (medication) for 1 of 9 sampled residents observed during medication administration, Resident (R)38.
  2. D
    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
    F761 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 20, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interview, the facility failed to store drugs under proper temperature controls, and failed to provide separately locked, permanently affixed compartments for storage of controlled drugs. This affected Resident (R)29.
February 21, 2025Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 2 citations
  1. F
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 19, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and review of the facility's policy, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety. Food items were not sealed and/or covered to prevent contamination. Opened food items were not dated as required. Food maintained on ice during lunch meal service exceeded the required 41-degree Fahrenheit temperature limit for cold food items. The facility's failure had the potential to affect 56 of the facility's 57 residents who consumed food from the kitchen.
  2. F
    Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
    F921 · Environmental · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 19, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined the facility failed to provide a functional, sanitary, and comfortable environment for 20 of 57 residents (Resident (R) 7, R10, R16, R19, R22, R25, R26, R33, R35, R38, R40, R42, R43, R46, R47, R48, R49, R50, R55, and R110.) Resident rooms had broken and/or missing floor tiles, peeling paint, and/or holes in walls. Four residents (R19, R46, F47, and R50) were noted to have an unsanitary commode in poor repair.
January 9, 2020Standard inspection · 1 citation
  1. J
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 12, 2020
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined the facility failed to have an effective system in place to ensure one (1) of two (2) sampled residents was provided adequate supervision (Resident #1). The facility assessed and care planned Resident #1 to be a high risk for elopement and a wanderguard was placed on the resident on 11/22/19. However, on 12/31/19 at approximately 4:00 PM, Resident #1 was able to exit the facility without staff's knowledge. Resident #1 was observed to be across the road from the facility on the sidewalk by a staff member that was leaving work. The resident crossed a busy highway, went into a convenience store, bought a lottery ticket, and walked approximately fifty (50) yards, then crossed back across the busy street. The resident was returned to the facility with no injuries noted. [...]

Fire safety inspections

9 fire safety citations on file: 5 on March 26, 2026, 4 on February 21, 2025.

Every fire safety citation9 citations
  1. F
    Establish emergency prep training and testing.
    E 36 · March 26, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. F
    Establish staff and initial training requirements.
    E 37 · March 26, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. F
    Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.
    K 921 · March 26, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. E
    Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
    K 222 · March 26, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. E
    Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
    K 374 · March 26, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. E
    Have corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width.
    K 232 · February 21, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. D
    Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
    K 211 · February 21, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. D
    Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
    K 324 · February 21, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  9. D
    Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
    K 511 · February 21, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeKentuckyUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)3.243.953.86
Registered nurses0.410.790.69
All nursing staff on weekends2.563.493.42
Nurse aides1.95
Licensed practical nurses0.88
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)62.5%46.4%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover50.0%41.8%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 4.31 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 3.52 on weekdays and 2.56 on weekends, 27% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.6% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.21 in April to June 2025 to 3.24 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.240.413.522.56 0.6%0 of 9054
Oct to Dec 20253.480.423.762.77 0.4%0 of 9256
Jul to Sep 20253.900.394.183.21 1.7%0 of 9258
Apr to Jun 20254.210.404.513.46 7.1%0 of 9156
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Kentucky, Jan to Mar 20263.850.714.043.403.2%0.1% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review. If you work here, your report helps start one.

Official wage estimates for Kentucky

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Kentucky, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$18.45$17.38 to $21.2123,410
LPNs and LVNs$29.07$26.10 to $31.298,570
Registered nurses$38.96$36.38 to $46.7350,300
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

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Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeKentuckyUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
27.713.813.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.00.50.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.61.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
5.03.93.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.71.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
27.714.014.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
7.04.84.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
35.816.115.4
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.41.91.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
4.82.11.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Christian Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente's Medicare short-stay residents. How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

US median of homes 51.5% · Kentucky: 38 better, 49 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 22 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

11.3% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Kentucky: 0 better, 12 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 36 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

8.2% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Kentucky: 0 better, 6 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 25 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Kentucky49.5% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 4 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Kentucky0.0% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 10 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Kentucky2.6% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 10 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Kentucky98.1% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 2 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: PEMBROKE OPERATING COMPANY LLC. CMS links this home to Benjamin Landa, a group of 48 nursing homes averaging 3.4 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Platschek, Alexander5% or greater direct ownership interestIndividual15%09/01/2018
Platschek, Goldie5% or greater direct ownership interestIndividual25%09/01/2018
Rubenstein, David5% or greater direct ownership interestIndividual7%09/01/2018
Cibc Bank USA5% or greater security interestOrganization09/01/2018
Metropolitan Commercial Bank5% or greater security interestOrganization09/01/2018
Pembroke Re, LLC5% or greater security interestOrganization09/01/2018
Tackett, ThomasContracted managing employeeIndividual09/12/2023
Rummage, TylerW-2 managing employeeIndividual09/14/2023
Kelman, MosheOperational/managerial controlIndividual09/01/2018

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. How are allegations of abuse or neglect reported and investigated, and who tells the family?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 26, 2026: "Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money."
  2. How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 26, 2026: "Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs."
  3. Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on February 21, 2025: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
  4. Can we see a resident room, a shower room and the dining room on this visit?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on February 21, 2025: "Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public."
  5. Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 2.56 hours per resident per day, below the Kentucky average of 3.49.

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Common questions

What is Christian Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Christian Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente 1 out of 5 stars overall, with 3 for health inspections, 1 for staffing and 1 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Christian Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente get at its last inspection?
2 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on March 26, 2026. The Kentucky average is 2.9.
Has Christian Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Christian Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente accept Medicaid?
It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
Who owns Christian Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente?
CMS lists 9 owners and managers, and links the home to Benjamin Landa. Legal business name: PEMBROKE OPERATING COMPANY LLC.

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